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this is all about whether or not we are going to have the best trained, best educated workforce in the world. that improves our economy. >> brown: in the meantime, new fundraising reports from the candidates and their super-pac backers underscored the huge amounts of money being raised and spent so far, where it's coming from and where it's going. and we pick up that part of the story now with two reporters who crunched the numbers when the reports were filed last night: ken vogel of politico and matea gold of the "los angeles times." so a lot of numbers thrown out last night. before we get to specifics. just a general question, what jumped out at you marx tae ya first? what stood out? >> i think what came into sharp relief last night was how much money obama is spending. he burned through more than $44 million last month that was three times as much as he did the previous month and that was largely to respond to these outside groups that have been flooding the airwaves with ads attacking him and trying to frame his record this suspect ads coming from mitt romney, this is coming from g
this is all about whether or not we are going to have the best trained, best educated workforce in the world. that improves our economy. >> brown: in the meantime, new fundraising reports from the candidates and their super-pac backers underscored the huge amounts of money being raised and spent so far, where it's coming from and where it's going. and we pick up that part of the story now with two reporters who crunched the numbers when the reports were filed last night: ken vogel of...
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yousufzai spoke out on girls' education at a u.n. children's assembly last year. the taliban called her work "an obscenity" in a statement claiming responsibility for the attack. one out of every eight people on earth is going hungry, according to a u.n. report today. that comes to 870 million people, but it's far below the figure of one billion announced in 2009. the u.n. food and agriculture organization blamed flawed methodology and poor data for the earlier number, and it said the number of hungry people has been declining steadily in the past two decades. athens, greece, erupted in angry protests today against the visiting chancellor of germany, angela merkel. germany is the leading contributor to the greek bailout, but at a price that's embittered many greeks. we have a report from james mates of independent television news. . >> reporter: at the airport the welcome was warm. the protocol followed to the letter. but this was no routine visit from the head of one e.u. government to another. angela merkel is hated here. widely blamedded for inflicting a depres
yousufzai spoke out on girls' education at a u.n. children's assembly last year. the taliban called her work "an obscenity" in a statement claiming responsibility for the attack. one out of every eight people on earth is going hungry, according to a u.n. report today. that comes to 870 million people, but it's far below the figure of one billion announced in 2009. the u.n. food and agriculture organization blamed flawed methodology and poor data for the earlier number, and it said the...
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. >> football will never again be placed ahead of educating, nurturing and protecting young people. >> suarez: with that, n.c.a.a. president mark emert announced sweeping sanctions that all but leveled penn state's football program for failing to stop a pedophile ex-coach. among the measures a $60 million fine, equivalent to one year's revenue from the football program and a four-year ban on bowl games plus five years' probation. in addition, the school will for fit $13 million in bowl revenues earned by other members of the big ten conference. penn state will also be cut from 85 scholarship players to 65 for four years. and the sanctions will cancel 112 wins, going back to 1998. that's alleged when a cover-up of the scandal began. n.c.a.a. president spoke today in indianapolis. no price the n.c.a.a. can levy will repair the grievous damage inflicted by jerry sandusky on his victims. however, we can make clear that the culture, actions and inactions that allowed them to be victimized will not be tolerated in collegiate athletics. >> suarez: last month the 68-year-old sandusky was conv
. >> football will never again be placed ahead of educating, nurturing and protecting young people. >> suarez: with that, n.c.a.a. president mark emert announced sweeping sanctions that all but leveled penn state's football program for failing to stop a pedophile ex-coach. among the measures a $60 million fine, equivalent to one year's revenue from the football program and a four-year ban on bowl games plus five years' probation. in addition, the school will for fit $13 million in...
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it will require education, everything from farming know-how to account keeping at the grain bank and access to family planning. literacy is just 30% and the average woman bears seven children-- a rate that will triple the number of mouths to feed by 2050. and the gains have yet to reach vast numbers of people, especially children like amina with immediate, pressing needs. u.s. ambassador williams is optimistic niger can make progress over the long term; also that a catastrophe can be avoided from this year's famine. but she says it won't be easy. >> there are at least 15% of children under two that are really, really hungry. so you are right, there is no magic bullet. it's not-- this is not something that has a quick fix to it. development by its nature is a long-term process. everyone knows that this can't be resolved by the internationals. they are going to have to be embraced and be local and i think that is what we are seeing in niger. >> reporter: for his part, president issoufou says he's acutely aware of niger's chronic neediness and of so-called donor fatigue. >> ( translated
it will require education, everything from farming know-how to account keeping at the grain bank and access to family planning. literacy is just 30% and the average woman bears seven children-- a rate that will triple the number of mouths to feed by 2050. and the gains have yet to reach vast numbers of people, especially children like amina with immediate, pressing needs. u.s. ambassador williams is optimistic niger can make progress over the long term; also that a catastrophe can be avoided...